Army Pvt. Jamar Reed graduates from basic combat training

Army Pvt. Jamar N. Reed has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. He is a 2014 graduate of Keystone Job Corps, Drums. Reed is the son of Sandra N. and stepson of Daniel E. Rolland of Suitland, Maryland.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches and field training exercises.

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